Summer started off with a bang, bringing a first place in the May schooling horse trial at BCHP. Theo and I scored a 26.5 on our dressage test and finished with only 1.2 time penalties. Time penalties for going TOO FAST! Lol. This from a horse we had to put on red cell to try and boost his energy. He had no problem cantering his courses at hunter pace. Too bad we needed to make time in eventing! He was super fit by June, when we did a Friday eventing event moving up for the first time to Beginner Novice. He was clean and clear and absolutely fabulous. Another blue ribbon for the big red horse!
I was flying high. We had a plan. Theo had the potential to take us both to preliminary if we did it carefully and correctly. Our sites were set on the recognized event at BCHP in September, with schooling trials at BH and BCHP in July and August to fine tune everything. It was happening. We were going to kill it.
Two weeks later, it came crashing down.
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